The capital’s post-war estates were built at densities far lower than many of London’s best-loved historic neighbourhoods, such as Marylebone. Industrial land is being protected. The Park Royal Industrial Area in Acton alone could deliver 135,000 new homes.
If we are truly entering an “age of migration” then erecting such barriers around the welfare state is one of the more plausible ways of adapting to it.
We are calling on the Government to allow social housing rents to be set directly by local authorities rather than centrally. This would ensure the long-term certainty necessary to deliver more social homes. Councils would also be truly accountable to tenants.
Birmingham has 861 council homes. It also has 3,658 empty council garages – many of which could be replaced with much needed housing.
We need to be keeping the conversation going about how to fund London Councils so they can tackle homelessness more easily and provide better adult social care and health outcomes.
Under the Adam Smith Institute’s proposed scheme, anyone who is currently eligible for the existing Right to Buy scheme would be allowed to use the discount to purchase any private house of their choosing.
Gove has said that the changes may not be enacted until “the justice system… is in a position to implement it effectively.” What does this mean, and how long will it take?
Sandwell Council saw 7,501 incidents last year and just one eviction. Falkirk 6,680 incidents and two evictions. Aberdeen 3,017 incidents and no evictions. Wolverhampton 2,495 incidents and four evictions.
The Lib Dem leader says a “community model” is better “where you take people with you.”
In Wales and London, socialist politicians have begun to see the consequences of squeezing the private rented sector.
Practical cost-effective measures, such as using good quality paint on exterior walls, are being missed.
Current projections are that the 100,000 homes by 2030 will be replaced by only 43,000. The cost of placing families in housing need in a shrinking private rental sector is costing the taxpayer far more than it would to place them in the social sector.
There has been over 15,000 complaints of damp in just the last five years, with numerous stories of people’s health, including young children’s, being badly affected.
Across the UK, over 6,631 people were sleeping rough in September 2022. This figure is growing; the Government must act if they are to keep their commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024.
The closure of long-term psychiatric hospitals and then the day hospitals for people with intractable mental illness was one of the worst things that ever happened to many of the people who needed them.